Non-metropolitan county councils (1974)
editCouncil | Grant or Transfer date | Notes |
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Avon County Council | 15 December 1976 | Arms, crest, supporters and badge.[1] [2] |
Bedfordshire County Council | (12 April 1951)[3] 1975[4] | Arms, crest and supporters[5] [6] |
Berkshire County Council | 1974[7] | Arms, crest and supporters[8] |
Buckinghamshire County Council | (23 March 1948)[9] 1974[10] | Arms, crest and supporters[11] [12] [13] |
Cambridgeshire County Council | 1 November 1976 | Arms, supporters and badge.[14] |
Cheshire County Council | (3 May 1938, badge 23 December 1958)[15] 1976[16] | Arms, crest, supporters and badge.[17] [18] [19] |
Cleveland County Council | 10 December 1974 | Arms, crest, supporters and badge.[20] [21] |
Cornwall County Council | (5 April 1939)[22]1975[4] | Arms, crest and supporters.[23] [24] |
Cumbria County Council | 10 October 1974 | Arms, crest supporters and badge.[25] [26] |
Derbyshire County Council | (17 December 1937)[27]1974[10] Crest and supporters 1976.[28] | Arms, crest and supporters.[29] |
Devon County Council | (11 October 1926, crest and supporters 6 March 1962) 1975[4] | Arms, crest and supporters.[30] |
Dorset County Council | (21 February 1951)[31] | Arms ensigned by a mural crown and supporters.[32] [33] |
Durham County Council | 10 May 1974 | Arms ensigned by a mural crown and badge.[34] |
East Sussex County Council | 29 August 1975 | Arms.[35] |
Essex County Council | (15 July 1932)[36]1974[10] | Arms.[37] |
Gloucestershire County Council | (10 December 1935)[38] 1976[16] | [39] |
Hampshire County Council | 13 July 1992[40][41] | Arms, crest and supporters.[41] |
Hereford and Worcester County Council | 26 June 1978 | Arms, crest and supporters.[42] |
Hertfordshire County Council | (3 June 1925)[43] 1974[10] | Arms ensigned by a mural crown and supporters.[44] [45] |
Humberside County Council | 28 July 1976 | Arms, crest and supporters.[46] [47] [48] |
Isle of Wight County Council | [49] | |
Kent County Council | [50] | |
Lancashire County Council | 1974[10] | [51] |
Leicestershire County Council | (25 January 1930)[52] 1974[10] | Arms, crest and supporters.[53] [54] |
Lincolnshire County Council | 8 April 1977[55] | Arms, crest and supporters.[56] |
Norfolk County Council | (Royal Warrant dated 11 May 1904, exemplified 3 July 1904)[57] 1974[10], supporters granted 22 December 1982.[58] | |
Northamptonshire County Council | (1 August 1939)[59] 1975[4] | Arms, crest and supporters.[60] [61] |
Northumberland County Council | (4 December 1951)[62] 1974[10] | Arms, crest and supporters.[63] [64] |
North Yorkshire County Council | 29 April 1980 | Arms, crest, supporters and badge.[65] |
Nottinghamshire County Council | [66] | |
Oxfordshire County Council | 25 May 1976 | Arms, crest and supporters[67] [68] |
Salop County Council renamed | 1974[10] | [69] |
Somerset County Council | 1974[10] | |
Staffordshire County Council | [70] | |
Suffolk County Council | 1978 | Arms and crest.[71] |
Surrey County Council | 1974 | Arms and crest.[72] |
Warwickshire County Council | [73] | |
West Sussex County Council | 14 January 1975 | Arms and crest.[74] |
Wiltshire County Council | [75] |
Council | Grant or Transfer date | Notes |
---|---|---|
Greater Manchester County Council | Unknown | Council abolished 31 March 1986[76] |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | Unknown | ACSB[77]
"The Armorial Bearings were designed by H Ellis Tomlinson, M.A., F.H.S. in consultation with Michael Cresswell, LL.B. Bolton's Assistant Council Solicitor for 1974"[78] "Mr Cresswell, from Bradshaw, said the town is allowed the standard, because it has a shield, a crest, a badge and a motto."[79] |
Horwich Town Council | 1 September 1975[80] | AC[80] [77] Successor parish. "It replaced the unregistered Coat of Arms which had been used for many years by the former Horwich Urban District Council."[80] |
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | ACS[77] | |
Manchester City Council | 21 May 1974[81] | ACSB[77] Arms and crest granted to borough of Manchester 1 March 1842, supporters on 2 March 1842; badge to city and county borough 20 December 1957 |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | ACSB[77] "The Mayoralty of Oldham is the only office approved to use the Borough’s Coat of Arms. The Coat of Arms is based on the crest of the former Oldham County Borough and includes within it symbols to identify the other six districts that make up the Borough. "[82] | |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | ACSB[77] | |
Salford City Council | 10 June 1974 | ACSB[77] "The arms, designed by H. Ellis Tomlinson, combine elements of the five local authorities that formed the new city of Salford in 1974." [2] |
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | Ex Stockport CB. No authority for transfer? | ACS[77] Arms and crest granted 5th December 1932. Supporters granted 1st December 1959. |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | ACS[77] | |
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | 3 December 1975 | ACSB[77] |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | date | ACS[77] [83] [84] |
Town and parish councils
editCouncil | District | Grant or Transfer date | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Morpeth Town Council | Northumberland | 2010[85] | |
Newark Town Council | Newark and Sherwood | 2010[85] | |
Barnard Castle Town Council | Durham | 2010[85] | |
Blyth Town Council | Northumberland | (24 January 1923) 2010[86] | Arms and crest. |
Salisbury City Council | Wiltshire | (Recorded 1566) 2010[87] | Arms and supporters. |
Canvey Island Town Council | Castle Point | (5 January 1971) 2008[88] | Arms and crest. |
Folkestone Town Council | Shepway | (25 July 1958) 2007[89] | Arms, crest and supporters. |
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- ^ Her Majesty The Queen has been graciously pleased by Warrant under Her Royal Signet and Sign Manual bearing date 2 April 2008 to give and grant unto Canvey Island Town Council Her Royal Licence and Authority that it may bear and use the Arms and Crest granted and assigned unto its predecessor Canvey Island Urban District Council on 5 January 1971 "No. 58718". The London Gazette. 4 June 2008.
- ^ Her Majesty The Queen has been graciously pleased by Warrant under Her Royal Signet and Sign Manual bearing the date 15 October 2007 to give and grant unto Folkestone Town Council Her Royal Licence and Authority that it may bear and use the Arms, Crest and Supporters granted and assigned unto The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Folkestone on 25 July 1958 "No. 58507". The London Gazette. 9 November 2007.